Battery Issue

bdw72 · 07-01-2009, 08:08 AM

I recently acquired a 1993 DS Electric cart and I have been having issues with it since i got it. The cart quit running one day and it turned out to be the battery terminals were melted on 2 batteries. I replaced those 2 batteries with new ones, and now the first battery terminal is starting to melt. Since i am new to this golf cart scene I would like to know if anyone could tell me what could possibly be wrong. Thanks in advance.

scottyb · 07-01-2009, 08:09 AM

Most common cause of melted battery posts is loose connections..... CLEAN and tighten all connections

bdw72 · 07-01-2009, 08:15 AM

I replaced all battery cables when i got the 2 new batteries.

scottyb · 07-01-2009, 08:21 AM

Is the 93 a coil and resistor cart? Check the condition of the V-glide contacts... You should not be getting this kind of heat unless you have arcing connections somewhere? Retighten battery cables?

bdw72 · 07-01-2009, 08:38 AM

I am new to this, so i am not sure if it has a coil and resistor. Where is the V-glide? Is that the bar behind the batteries? The battery terminal that is melting has two wires, one from the charging port and the other goes to the long bar behind the batteries.

bdw72 · 07-01-2009, 02:13 PM

Correction: the two wires: one comes from the charging port to the Neg terminal and goes from the same neg terminal to the motor

GLEEMO · 07-02-2009, 08:48 AM

Which 2 Battery Terminals are Melting ?

bdw72 · 07-02-2009, 05:55 PM

Right now I just have one melting, it's the negative one, I cant remember which ones melted before.....sorry

Fishing Dude · 07-02-2009, 06:46 PM

They can be fixed, if just the top melted off, not the part into the battery.

07-01-2009, 08:08 AM	#1
bdw72 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: West Harrison Indiana Posts: 32	Battery Issue I recently acquired a 1993 DS Electric cart and I have been having issues with it since i got it. The cart quit running one day and it turned out to be the battery terminals were melted on 2 batteries. I replaced those 2 batteries with new ones, and now the first battery terminal is starting to melt. Since i am new to this golf cart scene I would like to know if anyone could tell me what could possibly be wrong. Thanks in advance.

07-01-2009, 08:09 AM	#2
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,885	Re: Battery Issue Most common cause of melted battery posts is loose connections..... CLEAN and tighten all connections

07-01-2009, 08:15 AM	#3
bdw72 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: West Harrison Indiana Posts: 32	Re: Battery Issue I replaced all battery cables when i got the 2 new batteries.

07-01-2009, 08:21 AM	#4
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,885	Re: Battery Issue Is the 93 a coil and resistor cart? Check the condition of the V-glide contacts... You should not be getting this kind of heat unless you have arcing connections somewhere? Retighten battery cables?

07-01-2009, 08:38 AM	#5
bdw72 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: West Harrison Indiana Posts: 32	Re: Battery Issue I am new to this, so i am not sure if it has a coil and resistor. Where is the V-glide? Is that the bar behind the batteries? The battery terminal that is melting has two wires, one from the charging port and the other goes to the long bar behind the batteries.

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07-01-2009, 02:13 PM	#6
bdw72 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: West Harrison Indiana Posts: 32	Re: Battery Issue Correction: the two wires: one comes from the charging port to the Neg terminal and goes from the same neg terminal to the motor

07-02-2009, 08:48 AM	#7
GLEEMO just leave me alone Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 5,643	Re: Battery Issue Which 2 Battery Terminals are Melting ?

07-02-2009, 05:55 PM	#8
bdw72 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: West Harrison Indiana Posts: 32	Re: Battery Issue Right now I just have one melting, it's the negative one, I cant remember which ones melted before.....sorry

07-02-2009, 06:46 PM	#9
Fishing Dude Gone Wild Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Slums of Lake Erie Posts: 3,721	Re: Battery Issue They can be fixed, if just the top melted off, not the part into the battery.

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